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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-12-04 06:56 PM
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8. Very, Very Wrong
Look closely at this company and see how this is a total abuse of their licenses, and this isn't the first time they've done it. If they air this as a "news" program, fairness and balance across the broadcast and cable spectrum is completely compromised to the highest bidder and to those with the deepest pockets.

Unlike the cable channels that aren't government regulated, Sinclair owns very valuable broadcast licenses that belong to you, not them. In theory, if you don't like CNN, you can start your own Faux (which is what they did), but TV licenses are limited and the prices are kept artificially high by companies like Sinclair to make lots of money and keep others out.

It's time to pull the curtain away at our "public media"...and this includes the abuse by religious groups as well...who are licensed to serve ALL the members of a community, not just a few...that's why it's called broad, not narrowcasting.

Off soap box...done for the night...drive safely!
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